New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-16
PAPERS BY THE FRUIT.GROWERS.
WORK OF THE PoMoLoGICAL SOCIETY.

IMPROVEMENT OF AMERICAN WILD FRUIT suG-
GEsTED-INsEcT ENEMIES OF THE GROWER
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posroN SAINT I5-This morning brought largely In
creased attendance tho meetings OF the neurological
socety A paper py Secretary Campbell. OF the Ohio
horticultural RocIety, on "The Relation between
Eorest Destruction and the Deterioration OF
Fruits." dwelt tho fact that many
of the more delicate varieties Of fruit that
could once be successfully grown in regions heavily
wooded could not be trusted after the forests cut
away. and even hardy trees like apples often failed
There demonstration that the removal Of forests
the Of this change but the fact that the peach
and plum could still he grown In the regions In
sheltered places under the lea Of timber belts and build
ings seemed point to this rs the probable cau With
out questioning tho fact that there decrease In
the annual rainfall. 1t still plain that the drying
WINDS having sweep. drank the moisture more
rapidly and insects were driven to fruit trees as their
natural food in the forest became less abundant.
A. b Hatch spoke Of the apple scab." fungus at
lacking the leaves Of the and skin Of the fruit
great pest that 1t paid to cut down and burn the trees
Of varieties most infested. half orchard was
sacrificed. He had found no adequate remedy but this
heroic treatment Mr.. Gof. OF the New-York Expert
ment Station had experlmented with hyposulphite
of soda. spraying the trees with q solution of
one pound OF the salt 10 ten gallons OF
water. and thus had saved trees, and Q largo
perc ntags of the fruit This salt Is cheap highly soiu
BILE, and Is not offensive.
promising Wild Fruits" was the subject Of essay
by A. g. Fuller who thought that xperenoe justified
In the attempt improve by selection and crossing such
fruits - tho Juneberry. Missouri currant wild goose
berry, highbush huckleberry. persimmon and pawpaw
From the earliest settlement Of the country foreign
grapes tried but until atty years
nsvs species considered OF promise Now our best
varieties came from wild stock and now in
PRODUCTIONS were looked upon with distrust according
to the quantity Of European blood they carried
No native raspberry formerly considered good
enough for the table, while the Cuthoet and other
homo berries shoudersd their way to tho front and
were altogether the most hardy and Trustworthy In the
Pathological report for 81 only four varieties were
naed and all these foreign Ton years later four
native black caps admitted to the list but still no
native re raspberres In the report for 65 twenty-five
Of the thirty-seven named varieties were from
orr Wild species. and now any variety with foreign
blood looked upon delicate and OF doubtful value
We made no progress with strawberries until we began
70 build upon wild stock All this seemed to warrant
fair trial by selection aud crossing of other native
fruits Especially promising the persmmon. crossed
with the large and luscious species from Jupan that
not hardy this latitude for we might hope to OBTAIN
hybrid with the strong native constitution ana
the more delicate quality and larger size OF
its Asistc relative. Mr. Go added some testimony In
favor OF the Juneberry servceberry which varied IN
form and size from considerable tree to low and most
fruitful shrub more than three feet high The num-
Der OF varieties made the probability of getting berry
OF strong individual quality much greater
Professor Lintper. State Entomologist OF New-York
read q paper entitled Pests OF the Pomologist' He
took the cheerful vie that the increase in the census OF
destructive insects necessary consequence OF the
growth Of culture There were now 5000 species
Of more or less injurious insects known in America prob
ably 1000 Of which attacked rut But there are
of them hungry cultivated fruit and we are Liable to
30 called ss 4sn we mar 10
insects here that preyed upon the apple when the trees
were scarce female insect driven to fly miles to
find an apple LIMB dSchar, lay oo osf ssf SQUARE
mile. feed and breeding places were In excess OF me
and have BOO species preyng upon this
tree alone massng OF fruit bearing trees shrubs
and vines gave just conditions for increasing the
number and strength Of these pests, invited species
, mGn h aS "t and afforded mean. for rapid
distribution Besides this. foreign species Imported
the natural enemies kept them down at home and
they at once hscane more DANGEROUS than they were
Australia California on an acacia plant IN 90 now
the % ESs, 81 sns
Fsyd dave would Si Be doomed While therefore
vstsd and encouraged the enemies Of fruit and the
successful grower IN time to come ~9nd De ns man VINO
"Do small Fruits Necessarily Dster sHat, e was
q. qn ss.sdsn, the Wisconsin
Society He maintained that wi n proper precautions
the Of S ss with the
Wilson strawberry which he was growing To-Day ron
rynr season be had picked at tho rate OF 223 bushels
per acre from three and In good years ne had
There was some dissent from thesis Of this paper
holding that variety had fxed term OF
life like individual and that we must look to renewal
in time from seedlings. $780, -,
Other papers were read by Charles A. Green OF
Rochester, aud p. NJ. Augur OF Connecticut
At business meeting the Society accepted an act OF
Incorporation passed by the MASSACHUSETTS,
Lawn of